-- Simple and seamless provisioning and management for both physical and
virtual servers, virtual networks and storage;
-- Cost-effective high availability through Egenera's patented N+1
availability technology;
-- Verifiable disaster recovery through Egenera's patented N+1 DR
technology;
-- Simple right sizing and scalability through dynamic repurposing; and
-- Effective chargeback capabilities, logical, secure partitioning, and
named pools of resources.
Integrating PAN Manager with third-party platforms outside of the company's
own BladeFrame system will enable customers to leverage the benefits of the
industry's most sophisticated and advanced data center virtualization
software in a much broader fashion, while increasing Egenera's addressable
market and global distribution channels.
"IDC believes that customers are poised to move to 'Virtualization 2.0'
where the benefits extend from capital cost reduction to lower operational
expenses, improved service levels, and better responsiveness to
ever-changing business needs," said John Humphreys, program vice president
at IDC.(1)
IDC defines Virtualization 2.0 as the next step beyond server
virtualization to encompass faster provisioning, high availability,
disaster recovery, resource balancing, and, ultimately, policy-based
automation. From a technology standpoint, Virtualization 2.0 combines
server virtualization with network and storage virtualization, and the
ability to dynamically align these resources. Egenera defines this as Data
Center Virtualization.(1)
Humphrey's continued, "Although many in the industry remain focused on
server virtualization alone, Egenera has been able to incorporate the
technology into its management solution and to combine that solution with
network virtualization capabilities that enable customers to bring
virtualization to the next level."(1)
"SAVVIS has leveraged Egenera's unique virtualization technology as an
integral part of our industry-leading Virtual Utility Services offering for
over three years," said Bryan Doerr, CTO of SAVVIS. "Egenera PAN Manager
software provides exceptional value to SAVVIS, and we see great opportunity
to increase this value by having this technology available across a broader
spectrum of hardware platforms."
Proven in production for more than five years and deployed at hundreds of
customer sites worldwide, Egenera PAN Manager software virtualizes compute,
storage and networking resources that can be dynamically allocated as
business requirements dictate. The first phase of virtualization -- server
virtualization -- utilizes hypervisor technology to virtualize one server
at a time in order to improve hardware utilization. Egenera's data center
virtualization software goes further by enabling users to create networks
of virtual and physical servers, and move individual servers, groups of
servers or entire systems from one place to another seamlessly, securely
and with verifiable disaster recovery and uptime.
"Bringing PAN Manager software to non-Egenera hardware platforms is one of
our most significant and strategic moves since launching the company seven
years ago," said Mike Thompson, Egenera president and CEO. "PAN Manager is
truly at the heart of our value proposition in the data center -- giving
customers the power to move quickly and without restriction as is required
in today's business environment. Making our proven software available
beyond our own hardware makes business sense for Egenera and gives our
customers choice in how they implement data center virtualization."
Thompson continued, "While our new software business is extremely
important, we remain committed to continued innovation and advancement of
our highly successful BladeFrame product line, which continues to offer
customers high-end integrated systems for business and mission critical
applications."
About Egenera Inc.
Egenera is a global leader in delivering data center virtualization
solutions that reduce costs and complexity for enterprises and public
sector agencies worldwide. The Egenera® BladeFrame® system virtualizes
the data center with an innovative server architecture specifically
designed to reduce complexity and enable IT to respond rapidly to business
requirements. Market-leading enterprises around the world trust Egenera to
run their most critical applications and achieve higher resource
utilization, faster application time to market and lower total cost of
ownership. Headquartered in Marlboro, Mass. Egenera has offices worldwide.
For more information visit www.egenera.com, call 508-858-2600 or send email
to info@egenera.com.
Egenera and Egenera stylized logos are trademarks or registered trademarks
of Egenera Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. All other
product names, service marks and trademarks mentioned herein are trademarks
of their respective owners.
(1) IDC Whitepaper sponsored by Egenera “Egenera: Virtualization for the
Dynamic Data Center,” Doc # 207405, by John Humphreys, July 2007.
Contact Information: Press Contact: Gillian Farquhar Egenera Inc. 508-858-3262 gfarquhar@egenera.com